Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-235) and index
Introductory: the situation of the Elizabethan Catholics -- Allen and Parsons: the political theory of militant Catholicism -- Loyalist sentiment before 1595 -- Background: the Jesuits and England to 1594 -- The Wisbech stirs -- The Roman stirs -- Background: narrative of the Archpriest Controversy -- The Archpriest Controversy: the problem of church order -- The Archpriest Controversy: the problem of religion and politics -- The myth of the evil Jesuit -- Religion and loyalty